Shrine of Remembrance, 1990s. Photo: Chris Lermanis THE centenary of Anzac gave Chris Lermanis an incentive to go back to his files of negatives for a retrospective print series of photos he took in the 1980s and 90s around the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance and along the Anzac Day march route.
Now a retired teacher living in Woolamai, Lermanis has always been a "serious amateur" photographer who describes his style as photojournalism.
He says Anzac Day as an event was always interesting to him. “But then I photographed many ‘goings-on’ around the streets of Melbourne.”
He writes: “Although digital technology has made everyone a photographer with a phone-camera in their pocket, I continue to make film-based images today. The task of creating arresting images is the challenge, regardless of the equipment used.
Now a retired teacher living in Woolamai, Lermanis has always been a "serious amateur" photographer who describes his style as photojournalism.
He says Anzac Day as an event was always interesting to him. “But then I photographed many ‘goings-on’ around the streets of Melbourne.”
He writes: “Although digital technology has made everyone a photographer with a phone-camera in their pocket, I continue to make film-based images today. The task of creating arresting images is the challenge, regardless of the equipment used.
“We are bombarded with countless disposable images in our daily lives. Some, however, catch our attention and are worthy of longer contemplation. It is this type of picture I strive to create.
“The commemoration of the centenary of Gallipoli has given me an opportunity to go back to my negative files and do this retrospective print series. The photographs were taken in the 1980s and 90s around the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance and along the Anzac Day march route. The images, I trust, speak for themselves, conveying the dignity and solemnity of the occasion.
The 22 images will be on display at the Coffee Collective Gallery, 50-52 McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi, from April 13 to May 16. Each image will have a limited edition of five prints-hand printed by Lermanis in the darkroom.
In June, the Colour Factory in Melbourne will display his retrospective exhibition of photographs of Fitzroy taken in the 1960s.
“The commemoration of the centenary of Gallipoli has given me an opportunity to go back to my negative files and do this retrospective print series. The photographs were taken in the 1980s and 90s around the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance and along the Anzac Day march route. The images, I trust, speak for themselves, conveying the dignity and solemnity of the occasion.
The 22 images will be on display at the Coffee Collective Gallery, 50-52 McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi, from April 13 to May 16. Each image will have a limited edition of five prints-hand printed by Lermanis in the darkroom.
In June, the Colour Factory in Melbourne will display his retrospective exhibition of photographs of Fitzroy taken in the 1960s.
Anzac Day, Melbourne, 1990s